Brick-cheese cutter.



A. G. SEIBEL. BRICK CHEESE CUTTER. APPLIOA'IION,FILED NOV. 15, 1909.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

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ANDREW a. anAnAM co FNOTO-LITNOGRAPHERS. WASNINGTOM-D c- A. G'. SEIBEL.

BRICK CHEESE CUTTER.

' APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15, 1909.

954,052, Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

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ALBERT C. SEIBEL, OF EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OFSEVEN-EIGHTI-IS T0 ARTHUR PENSONEAU, 0F IERENCH VILLAGE, ILLINOIS.

BRICK-CHEESE CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT C. SEIBEL, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at East St. Louis, in the county of St. Clair andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBrick-Cheese Cutters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

My invention relates to a device for use in cutting brick cheese intoslices of specific widths and it has for its object the production of acutter of this description that is of extremely eflicient constructionand which,

while providing for the cutting of slices of various widths, involvesgreat simplicity to this end.

Figure I is a perspective view of my brick cheese cutter. Fig. II is aninverted plan view of the cutter, with a portion of the movable carrierand the handle by which the cutting blade is operated broken away. Fig.III is a vertical transverse section taken on line III-III, Fig. II.Fig. IV is an enlarged perspective view of the operating lever device.Fig. V is a perspective view of the adjustable gage stop, with the partscomprising this stop separated from each other.

In the accompanying drawings :1 designates a base frame of my cheesecutter provided with end uprights 2.

3 is a table mounted on the base frame and secured at its ends to theend uprights of said frame, the table being surmounted near one end witha stop at against which one end of the brick cheese placed upon thetable may rest while the cheese is being cut.

5 are guide rods extending longitudinally of the base frame and mountedat their ends in the end uprights of the frame, these guide rods beingarranged parallel with each other and one of them being at the front ofthe cutter, while the other is at the rear of the cutter.

6 designates a carrier loosely mounted upon the guide rods 5 andextending transversely beneath the table 3, the carrier being providedat its rear end with an upwardly projecting arm' 7 and at its front endwith an extension piece 8 that juts forwardly at the front of the cutterand is of service as a gage for the cheese cutting operations, therebeing a scale produced upon the surface of the extension piece, as seenin Fig. I, and which ismade use of in my machine, as will be hereinaftermore particularly explained. 9 is a supporting strap located beneath theextension piece 8 and, extending longitudinally of the cutter.

10 designates a slotted guide extending transversely of the cutter andcarried by the carrier 6. This slotted carrier is secured at its rearend by attachment to the arm 7 of the carrier and at its forward end byattachment to the carrier at its front end, and it is made of invertedU-shape in order that when the carrier is shifted longitudinally of thecutter, the guide will straddle the brick of cheese resting upon thetable 8.

11 designates a cutting blade that is carried by a lever 12 pivoted at13 to the upper end of the rear arm of the carrier 6 and which isprovided at its forward endv with a handle 14. The lever 12 is adaptedto be raised and lowered by its handle so that the cutting blade, whichis positioned. within the slotted guide 10 will operate therein in astraight downward path to cut through the cheese laid upon the table 3.

At the under side of the cutter and extending longitudinally of the baseframe is a rib 1 This rib has secured to it a horizontal rack bar 15that extends longitudinally of the cutter and the teeth of which arelocated at the front of the bar. 16 is a vertical shaft or'stud carriedby the carrier 6 and extending downwardly therefrom in front of thehorizontal rack bar 15, as seen in Figs. II and III.

17 is a horizontal pinion loosely mounted upon the shaft 16 and havingconjoined to it a horizontal ratchet wheel 18. The pinion 17 is arrangedin mesh with the rack bar 15, while the ratchet wheel, in conjunctionwith other appliances to be presently described, serves as a means forrotating the pinion in order that it will, by cooperating with the rackbar, act to impart movement to the carrier 6 longitudinallyof the-cheesecutter.

'19 is a horizontal lever loosely fitted at its 'rear end to the shaft16 and which has pivoted to it at 20 a hand lever 21. The pivotalconnection of the hand lever to the lever 19 is at a point intermediateof the ends of said hand lever, as seen most clearly in Fig. IV, and thehandle 22 of said hand lever is loosely positioned and operable betweenthe extension piece 8 of the carrier 6 and the supporting strap 9beneath this extension piece, while at the rear end of the operatinglever is a pawl 23 that engages the ratchet wheel 18 and is held inposition against the teeth of said wheel by a spring 23 carried by thelever 19.

24; designates an adjustable stop associated with the extension piece 8of the carrier 6 and which serves to limit the degree of movement of thehand lever 21 by which the ratchet wheel 18 is operated. This stop blockis provided at its lower end with a slot 25 in which the supportingstrap 9 is seated and which is provided with a horizontal slot 26 thatpermits of the block being loosely fitted to the extension piece 8.

27 is a clamping screw operable in the stop block at its upper end andadapted to bear against the upper surface of the extension piece inorder that the stop block may be held from movement in any position towhich it may be adjusted.

In the practical use of my cheese cutter, the brick cheese to be cut isplaced upon the table 3 of the cutter between the stop 4 surmountingsaid table and the vertical line occupied by the carrier 6 and the partsassociated with it when said carrier is at the end of the cutterfarthest removed from the stop. The carrier is then shifted toward thecheese by the actuation of the hand lever 21 which, upon being operated,causes its pawl to impart rotation to the ratchet wheel 18 and thepinion 17 conjoined to the ratchet wheel and cooperating with thestationary rack bar 15. After the carrier has been sufliciently moved inthe direction indicated to bring the cutting blade 11 to the end of thebrick of cheese, the stop block 24 is adjusted along the scale on theextension piece 8 of the carrier until it is in a position to restrictthe degree of throw of the hand lever 21 according to the thickness ofslices that are to be cut from the cheese, it being assumed that thehand lever is at this time in the position illustrated in Fig. I. Thecutting blade lever is then elevated sufficiently to provide for thecutting blade passing over the top of the cheese and upon a forwardmovement of the hand lever until it strikes the stop block, the carrier6 will be moved longitudinally of the cheese cutter until the blade willbe in a position to cut a slice from the cheese that is of thepredetermined thickness. Thereafter, upon the rearward and forwardmovements of the hand lever, the carrier will be advanced in eachoperation to provide for the cutting blade being brought to the properposition to out each slice of a thickness corresponding to the thicknessof the first slice.

To restore the carrier to the end of the cheese cutter farthest from thestop t, subsequent to its advance movement, it is necessary to throw thepawl of the operating lever 21 out of engagement with the ratchet wheel18 and then draw the carrier backward. To permit of the disengagement ofthe pawl from the ratchet, I provide the lever 19 with a thumb piece 19that extends to the front of the machine and against which the thumb thecombination of a support for the object to be cut, a pairoflongitudinally arranged parallel guide rods beneath said support. aknife carrier slidable transversely of the cutter on said parallel guiderods, a trans versely arranged knife pivoted to said knife carrier andoperable above the support, a horizontally arranged gear carried by saidknife carrier, a stationary member parallel with said guide rods andwith which said gear is coiiperable, and means for rotating said gear tocause it to impart movement to said knife carrier longitudinally of saidsup ort. P 2. In a cutter of the character described, the combination ofa support for the object to be cut, a knife carrier movably supportedbeneath said support, a knife pivoted to said carrier and operable abovethe support, a gear carried by said carrier, a stationary member withwhich said gear is cooperable, a ratchet wheel conjoined to said gear, ale ver mechanism for operating said ratchet wheel to impart rotation tothe gear and cause it to impart movement to said carrier longitudinallyof said support.

3. In a cutter of the character described, the combination of a support,for the object to be cut, a knife carrier movably supported beneath saidsupport, a knife pivoted to said.

carrier and operable above the support, a gear carried by said carrier,a stationary member with which said gear is cocperable, aratchet wheelconjoined to said gear, a le ver loosely mounted adjacent to saidratchet wheel, and an operating lever pivoted to said first mentionedlever and having a pawl for engagement with said ratchet wheel to impartrotation thereto.

4. In a cutter of the character described,

the combination of a support for the object ratchet Wheel, and anoperating lever piv- 10 to be cut, a carrier movably mounted beneathoted to said first mentioned lever and having said support, a cuttingknife hinged to said a pawl engaging said ratchet Wheel and carrier, astationary gear member beneath I adapted to impart rotation thereto uponthe said support, a shaft carried by said carrier, l actuation of saidoperating lever.

a pinion loosely fitted to said shaft and ALBERT C. SEIBEL. meshing withsaid stationary gear member, In the presence ot a ratchet Wheelconjoined to said pinion, a FRANK DELALOYE,

lever pivoted to said shaft adjacent to said FRANK DURHAM.

